SGMC Prospectus 2021-22_v1.2.2 FINAL

PSYCHOLOGY LEVEL 3
COURSE INFORMATION
Qualification
Level 3
Entry
Requirements
DESCRIPTION
A Level Psychology
In addition to A
Level requirements
(page 15), students
need a minimum
APS of 5.2 to study
this course. You will
also need GCSE
Maths at 6 and
Science at 6.
Psychologists try to understand
what motivates, challenges or
modifies our behaviour and use this
understanding to help us tackle
personal and social problems.
With this course, you will develop
your analytical and organisational
skills and learn about scientific
research methods, including
collecting and working with data.
You will also learn how to critically
evaluate theories and explanations
of behaviour. You will find yourself
applying, without even realizing,
much of what you learn in lessons
to life outside of the classroom!
DISTINCTIVE MODULES
• Biopsychology, approached and
methods
• Issues and debates in psychology,
Schizophrenia, relationships and
addiction
COMBINES WELL WITH
Sciences, Maths, Law, Geography,
Biology, Chemistry, Economics,
English, History.
ASSESSMENT
This course will be assessed through
internal mock exams in the first year
and external exams in the second
year.
PROGRESSION
ACADEMIC PROGRESSION
Students progress to university to
study a variety of subjects such
as law, counselling, social care,
education, advertising and medical
sciences.
• Attachment, memory,
psychopathology and social
psychology
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